The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections

54th Massachusetts Volunteers

c. 1963
Jennie Scott Washington
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, Confederate, death, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, freedom, paintings, post-war, soldiers, Union

And the Old Flag Never Touched the Ground

1963
Ramon B. Price
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, death, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, freedom, paintings, post-war, soldiers, Union

Negro Troops Receive Instructions in the Field

1963
Allen Stringfellow
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, commemorations, emancipation, paintings, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Charge of the Third Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Corps, at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864

January 14, 1865
George H. Ellsbury
The Newberry Library

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, flag, generals, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Col. Robert G. Shaw dying at the Battle of Fort Wagner

1940
Martyl (Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf)
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, death, emancipation, paintings, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument

1923
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
Chicago Park District

Tags: battles, Chicago, commemorations, generals, Illinois, monuments, portraits, post-war, Remembering the War, sculptures, soldiers, Union

A Woman in Battle: Michigan Bridget Carrying the Flag

1887
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (draftsman)
John J. Cade (engraver)
The Newberry Library

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, flag, illustrations, literature, portraits, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, camp life, death, genre scenes, health, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Incidents of the War: Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery in Action

1863
Timothy O'Sullivan
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter

1863
Alexander Gardner
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, landscapes, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg

1863
Timothy O'Sullivan
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, landscapes, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

1861
Currier and Ives
Chicago History Museum

Tags: battles, Causes of the War, Confederate, flag, prints, secession, soldiers, The Election of 1860 and Secession, Union

Battle of the Wilderness

c. 1864
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, generals, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

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54th Massachusetts Volunteers

And the Old Flag Never Touched the Ground

Negro Troops Receive Instructions in the Field

Charge of the Third Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Corps, at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864

Col. Robert G. Shaw dying at the Battle of Fort Wagner

General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument

A Woman in Battle: Michigan Bridget Carrying the Flag

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge

Incidents of the War: Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery in Action

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg

The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Battle of the Wilderness